Tonight I read the last few comics from our most recent package, including Ms. Marvel (good to see Aaron Stack again, and actually quite enjoying the Spider-Man guest appearance), She-Hulk (at this rate I may not mind the book going away so much), Wonder Woman (captured my interest more than most have), Captain Britain and MI-13, and New Avengers.
I like all those titles all right, and in fairness to myself I'll say that when the comics came in I really just sat down and read a handful--Captain America, Avengers/Invaders, Justice Society, Green Lantern Corps--because there was too much other stuff going on. But I've had a few free afternoons since then, and I just now got around to reading the rest of the comics. Usually I've read the whole box within a week, at least.
I don't think, as I said, it's that I don't like the books. It's not that I didn't enjoy them--I did. It's that they're not edge-of-the-seaters. Is that important? It's not essential, I don't think, at least not for me. Cliffhanger endings don't make me any more likely to buy a book.
But I grew up reading comics that, fairly often, were single-issue stories. No cliffhangers there. And the multi-issue stories weren't nearly as long and involved as they are these days. I don't need a storyline to bring me back--the characters do that. But is that the case with newer readers? Is that the reason for all these events--that the companies think the readers need to have the action stepped up, again and again, to get them buying?
It's late, and I wouldn't know even if I weren't this tired. Just, sometimes I like a story that gives me a rest.
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